时 (shí): meaning and stroke order

时 in our stories

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• 会议结束时，经理笑着说：“三十页的材料我可能记不住，这三个圈我记住了。”

  huìyì jiéshù shí jīnglǐ xiào zhe shuō sānshí yè de cáiliào wǒ kěnéng jì bú zhù zhè sān gè quān wǒ jì zhù le

  At the end of the meeting the manager smiled: "I probably wouldn't remember thirty pages, but I remember those three circles."

  From the story Three circles HSK 4

• 老人告诉他，这些书都是他年轻时从这里借的，那时他和妻子每读一本，就去书里的城市旅行一次。

  lǎorén gàosu tā zhèxiē shū dōu shì tā niánqīng shí cóng zhèli jiè de nàshí tā hé qīzi měi dú yì běn jiù qù shū lǐ de chéngshì lǚxíng yí cì

  The old man told him that he had borrowed all these books here when he was young; back then, every time he and his wife read one, they went to travel in that city.

  From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5

• 子涵没有争吵。妈妈生日那天，她端出了一个自己做的三层蛋糕，上面用奶油画着妈妈年轻时穿白大褂的样子。

  Zǐhán méiyǒu zhēngchǎo māma shēngrì nà tiān tā duān chū le yí gè zìjǐ zuò de sān céng dàngāo shàngmiàn yòng nǎiyóu huà zhe māma niánqīng shí chuān báidàguà de yàngzi

  Zihan didn't argue. On her mother's birthday she brought out a three-tier cake she had made, with her mother as a young doctor in a white coat piped on top in cream.

  From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5